Mails of the Westward Expansion
1803 - 1861
by Steve Walske and Richard Frajola
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| As the limited print edition has been sold out, this book is now available free in searchable PDF files as listed below. | ||
| I will be adding
additional sailing trip lists, such as westbound contract mail via Panama,
on this website in near future. June 2015 Update - I have completed the westbound via Panama contract sailings from New York to San Francisco for period 1852 to 1859. The PDF file is here. Additional data will be added as available. June 2016 Update: At the New York 2016 International Stamp Show Steve Walske and I were honored to be awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society of London for the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during the year. |
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| The complete book (as printed) in a single PDF file, 320 pages (30 megs) |
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Individual Chapters and Appendices as single files |
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Front Cover: PDF File Chapter 2: Southwest Mail - PDF file Chapter 3: Oregon Mails - PDF file Chapter 4: California - PDF file Chapter 5: Central Overland Mail - PDF file Chapter 6: Via Panama - PDF file Chapter 7: Central Overland - PDF file Chapter 8: Via Nicaragua - PDF file Chapter 9: Southern Overland - PDF file Chapter 10: Santa Fe Trail - PDF file Chapter 11: Via Tehuantepec - PDF file Chapter 12: Colorado - Missouri Mail - PDF file Chapter 13: Transcontinental Pony Express - PDF file Appendix A: Rocky Mountain Trip List - PDF file Appendix B: Oregon Ship Sailings - PDF file Appendix C: Panama Sailings (eastbound only) - PDF file Appendix C: Panama Sailings Supplemental (westbound, Frajola web site only) - PDF file Appendix D: Central Overland Trip List - PDF file Appendix E: Via Nicaragua Ship Sailings - PDF file Appendix F: Southern Route Trip List - PDF file Appendix G: Postal Rates - PDF file References: - PDF File
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